Grieg's Lyric Pieces performed by Mikhail Pletnev

Grieg's Lyric Pieces performed by Mikhail Pletnev

Recorded in the 1980s and now remastered, these are fine-etched, deeply thought performances. Pletnev’s pianism is quietly spectacular and he finds untold depths within even Grieg’s slightest pieces.

Jessica Duchen

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Jessica Duchen

Published: September 5, 2018 at 1:00 pm

COMPOSERS: Grieg
LABELS: Alto
ALBUM TITLE: Grieg
WORKS: Lyric Pieces - selection
PERFORMER: Mikhail Pletnev (piano)
CATALOGUE NO: ALC 1330 (1986/88)

Recorded in the 1980s and now remastered, these are fine-etched, deeply thought performances. Pletnev’s pianism is quietly spectacular and he finds untold depths within even Grieg’s slightest pieces.

Jessica Duchen

Jessica Duchen

Journalist and Critic, BBC Music Magazine

Jessica Duchen studied music at Cambridge University and was the classical music correspondent for The Independent from 2004 to 2016. She has also written for The Guardian, The Observer, The Sunday Times, BBC Music Magazine and the JC, among others. Jessica Duchen has written librettos include numerous choral works and operas for the composer Roxanna Panufnik, including Silver Birch, commissioned by Garsington Opera and shortlisted for an International Opera Award in 2018. Two more works based on stories by Oscar Wilde were commissioned for Garsington’s Youth Company, The Happy Princess with composer Paul Fincham (2019) and The Selfish Giant with John Barber, which fell victim to lockdown, this has been postponed to 2021.
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